Finding Love (Vegeta x Goku)

Scary Dream

Tarble hugged Goten closer as he waited anxiously for Raditz to get in contact with Vegeta. The still crying cub was inconsolable as he spoke of what he saw in his dream between broken sobs. Tarble was disturbed by the dream itself; the beta had no idea how or why the black haired boy had dreamed of something so vivid, and it made him very worried about his nephew. They had been so careful to keep things like that from the cubs for this very reason. They were just too young.

The boy started to cough as he continued to vent his emotions. His small hands fisted in Tarble's shirt as if the submissive prince was the only thing keeping him from falling back into that horrible nightmare he just had.

A beeping was barely heard over Goten's crying, and Tarble had never felt so relieved as he rushed into the sitting room with his arms full of half saiyan. Once at the console, he saw his older brother already on the screen.

The older man's eyes widened at the sight of his youngest stepson in tears. The alpha didn't think something like this would happen only a week after he had left the planet, and he felt guilty that he couldn't be there to comfort the cub.

"Goten?" Vegeta's voice made the cub freeze for a moment before he pulled his face out of Tarble's tear soaked shirt. His breathing hitched as he saw his father, and a hiccuping cough rattled his frame. "What's wrong, tesoro?"

"Daddy! You need to make her stop!" Goten moved forward so fast he nearly fell out of the beta's lap. It was only Tarble's reflexes that kept the black haired cub on his perch. "Tama's hurt! She won't stop! She-she...!"

His eyes squeezed shut as he sobbed again and hiccups were interrupting his breathing. Goten pulled his dragon closer and buried his face in the plush fur as he saw what his tama was going through in his dream again. His whole body shook in stress and from his sobs.

"Calm down, cub." The prince spoke with a soothing tone. "You'll get sick if you don't. Take a deep breath." He gave a small smile as the boy followed his instructions. "That's it. Now...tell me again."

"T-the mean lady, she's hurting tama!" Goten said between his hiccuping sobs. "She keeps hitting him and won't stop." He whined loudly as he squeezed his dragon. "H-he...He was b-bleeding and crying..."

"Take another deep breath for me, tesoro." Vegeta said calmly as he saw the cub getting worked up again. "That's my boy." He praised as the boy listened to him.

"S-she, she hurt his tail too, really bad. Tama screamed so loud...." Goten whimpered as he remembered his tama's scream. "Daddy you have to make her stop! She's hurting tama!" He begged.

"I know, son. I'm going to make sure she doesn't hurt your tama again."

"Why can't you stop her n-now?" he sniffed.

"We have to find her first, tesoro, she's hiding and we have to catch her." Goten whimpered as his eyes filled with tears again. "Hey, I promise your Tama will be ok." Vegeta cooed to the chibi. "I know it was scary, but it was just a dream, alright? Your tama is very strong, remember?" Goten nodded with teary eyes.

"But what if she hurts him again? W-what if-"

"Shh, its ok." Vegeta cut the distraught child off. "You can't worry about if it happens again tesoro, you can't think like that. You'll make yourself sick. Your tama and I don't want that."

"But I don't want tama to hurt!"

"I know." Vegeta replied softly. "I don't want him hurt either, but some very bad people took him, tesoro. As much as we don't like it, your tama is going to be a little hurt until we can bring him home. He'll be ok, Goten. Every time you get scared and worry about your tama I want you to tell yourself that. Can you do that for me tesoro?" Goten nodded as his hiccuped breathing finally calmed and came to a stop.